Chicken-coop



2 SheetsSheet 2. W. H.-THOMAS. CHICKEN COOP.

(No Model.)

No. 593,252. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

UNITED STATES P TENT Fries.

WILLIAM H. THOMAS, OF CARVE RSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHICKEN-COOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,252, dated November 9, 1897'.

Application filed April 19, 1897- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Garversville, Bucks county, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Chicken-Coops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in chicken-coops, and has for its object to provide an improved form of coop which when not in use or for purposes of transportation or storage may be folded up in a very small space, as more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a chicken-coop constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same inverted, the sides being detached in order to more clearly illustrate the interior construction. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the various sections of the coop folded and packed together for shipment or storage; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the application of the invention to a coop of modified construction.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top of the coop, preferably provided with interior bracing-bars a, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and at each end of the top section are pivoted end sections 13 C, forming, respectively, the front and rear end of the coop. The various sections are united to each other by hingesd, which unite the bracing-bars a of the top section to the bracing-bars b of the front section and the bracing-bars c of the rear sec-- tion.

The front section B is provided with a series of bars or slats e, spaced for the admission of airto the interior of the coop, and these bars, in connection with metallic strips a, secured to the front section, form guides for a removable bar E, which when removed from position will give free access to the interior of the coop.

The side sections G G are suitably shaped to conform to the contour of the main sections and are each provided with vertical slots g, guarded on the exterior by metallic Serial No. 632,757 (No model.)

plates g, and through these slots pass headed pins or screws h, secured to the sides of the cross-bars b and c, the relative arrangement of the screws and slots being such that when the heads of the screws are in vertical position they may readily enter the slots and permit the proper adjustment of the side sec tions G G, and after passing through the slots may be turned from the vertical to a horizontal position at a right angle to the length of the slots and thus confine the side sections in position.

In the modified structure illustrated in Fig. 4; the separate top piece is omitted and the sections B G are hinged together, so as to form an angular roof, while the contour of the side plates is changed to conform to the angle of the sections B C.

With a chicken-coop constructed in accordance with my invention the side pieces may be readily detached and the main sections folded together in a very small compass, as illustrated in Fig. 3, then stored away when not in use. This form of coop is also found to be very desirable when manufactured in large quantities and then shipped to users.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottomless folding chicken-coop, comprising in combination, top and end sections, hinges connecting said sections, oppositelydisposed removable side sections having slots at their opposite ends, and headed pins or screws carried by the end sections and adapted to pass through the slots of the side sections to confine the latter in position, substantially' as specified.

2. Abottomless folding chicken-coop, comprising in combination, the hinged top and end sections, one of such sections, 13, being provided with a series of bars or slats, e, spaced for the admission of air to the interior of the coop, a removable bar, E, held in said section, headed pins or screws, 7t, extending laterally from the end section, and removable side sections, G, G having slots, 9, at or near each end for the reception of said pins or screws, substantially as specified.

3. A folding chicken-coop comprising in combination, a top section, A, having inner bracing-bars, a, a slatted front section, B,

of the slots to confine the side sections in po- 10 sition, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April, A. D. 1897.

VILLIAM H. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

B. F. LARGE, ELLA T. LARGE. 

